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Selection Sunday 2025: How to reveal the bracket to reveal the men's NCAA tournament tonight

Are you ready to fill out your March Madness clip? (Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA picture/Light rocket via Getty Images)

It is March and you know what that means: the NCAA tournament 2025 – also known as March Madness – is almost there. The selection on Sunday is March 16. The men's NCAA tournament class is unveiled at 6 p.m. You can watch the official start of March Madness on CBS before the first four games of the men tap Trutv on Tuesday. Auburn has clearly established itself as a favorite for the men's NCAA tournament. The chance that the SEC could sweep all four top seeds is a bit faded, but never say. Here is what you should know for March Madness 2025 before the selection on Sunday.

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Date: March 16

Time: 6 p.m. et

TV channel: CBS, ESPN

Streaming: Paramount+ with Showtime, DirectV Stream and more

Madness begins on the selection Sunday (March 16). The selection committee reveals the full NCAA tournament bracket for both the NCAA teams for men and for women. The men's holder is unveiled at 6 p.m.

The selection on Sunday is unveiled the men's class at 6 p.m. ET on CBS. You can also catch the men's brakcet on ESPN, where the unveiling of women will follow shortly afterwards.

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Paramount+ has two levels: a $ 8/month $-supported level and a premium level of $ 13 per month, which is ad-free and contains live access to your local CBS channel (and access to show time).

At the moment Paramount+ still offers a free trial version – this is how new subscribers can register to see the selection on Sunday and the first four, and look at the rest of the Paramount+ library free of charge for seven days.

Try it for free at Paramount+

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Both the NCAA tournament clips for men and women will be announced on Sunday, March 16. The men's games then give the first four on Tuesday, March 18.

Games in the men's NCAA tournament are broadcast via CBS, TBS, TNT and Trutv. The NCAA tournament of women is broadcast in the ESPN suite -ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWS.

You don't have a cable? Don't worry. You can stream the men's games with a subscription to Paramount+ and Max or a live TV streaming service such as DirectV, Fubo or Sling. The women's games are also accessible via a live TV streaming service that contains the ESPN suite.

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Max, also known as “The One To Watch”, has selected live sports via the Bleacher Report Sports Add-On, which is free of charge for ad-free max subscribers. (If you are currently subscribing to Max's display plan, you should be able to access the B/R-Add-on content by March 30th.)

On the March Madness games on TBS, TNT and Trutv, Max Buzzy shows including The white lotus, the last of us, Haus des Drachen, Dune: Prophecy and more.

AD-assisted Max starts at 10 USD/month. The standard plan (which includes free B/R Sports) costs $ 17/month.

$ 16.99/month at Max

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While Sling does not offer a free test version these days, since March Madness takes longer than her standard version, it is a solid option anyway to catch most of the games in the tournament. Emphasis on the most, because one large Blind spot for noose is that it does not wear CBS.

Apart from $ 48 for your first month Sling Orange and Blue + the Sports Extra add-on you can catch all games on TBS, TNT, TNT, Trutv, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNEWs. This means that you will catch many of the men's and women's games this month.

$ 48 for your first month at Sling

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The tournament begins with the selection on Sunday, but we will only see measures on the square on March 18.

  • Selection Sunday: 6 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 16 (CBS)

  • First four: 18 to 19 March (Trutv)

  • First round: 20th to March 21st (CBS, TBS, TNT, Trutv)

  • Second round: 22nd to March 23 (CBS, TBS, TNT, Trutv)

  • Sweet 16: 27 to 28 March (CBS, TBS)

  • Elite eight: 29-30. March (CBS, TBS)

  • Final Four: April 5th in the alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS)

  • NCAA championship game: April 7th in the alamodome in San Antonio, Texas (CBS)

  • Selection Sunday: 8 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 16 (ESPN)

  • First four: 19th to 20th March (ESPN2, ESPNU)

  • First round: March 21 to March 22 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)

  • Second round: March 23 to March 24 (ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU)

  • Sweet 16: 28. To 29 March (ESPN, ESPN2)

  • Elite eight: 30.-31. March (ESPN)

  • Final Four: Friday, April 4th in the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida (ESPN, ESPN+)

  • NCAA championship game: Sunday, April 6th in the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida (ESPN3, ESPN+)

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